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Daily Archives: June 10, 2012
All Defects Of Character
Alcoholic Anonymous started 72 years ago yesterday. Step Six of the Twelve Steps is: “We’re entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.” I’ve not been able to surrender to this step yet. I have too many … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Hasidim, Judaism, Personal
Tagged 72 years, countless times, hole in my soul, m 46, misbehavior, train wreck
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Living Out A Chaim Potok Novel
When I was 14 and 15 (1980-1981), my family and I read all (or almost all) of Chaim Potok‘s novels about Judaism. They reminded us of what dad had gone through with the legalistic — in our view — Seventh-Day … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Jews, Personal
Tagged chaim potok, chaim potok novel, Dennis Prager, Don Etra, dustin hoffman, george bush at yale, henry waxman, jeremy kagan
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His Rabbi’s Face
There’s a midrash (ancient rabbinic story) that when Joseph was tempted by Potiphar’s wife, a vision of his father’s face came to his mind and that stopped him from sinning. There’s a strong tie many Jews feel with their rabbi … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Jews
Tagged adventism, close ties, intense loyalty, orthodox judaism, rebbe, vision of jesus
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Money, Power And Wall Street On Frontline
Watch the three hours and 47 minutes of four total shows here. I love PBS Frontline. I think it tends to be fair and to be journalistically solid. The show does have a definite pro-regulation bias. Whether it is tackling … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged cell phone towers, fannie mae and freddie mac, goldman sachs, pbs frontline, pbs show, u s treasury
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Bring me my Bow of burning gold
And did those feet in ancient time. Walk upon England’s mountains green: And was the holy Lamb of God, On England’s pleasant pastures seen! And did the Countenance Divine, Shine forth upon our clouded hills? And was Jerusalem builded here, … Continue reading
Posted in Libera
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